Thank you for the nice write up Vlad, and very informative. The rifle has been gone over by a competent gunsmith and no issues with the action, only the bolt itself will need a little work so all is good there. As for strength of these actions, my only goal is to come near equaling the original ballistics of the 7x57 round. That being to push a heavier for caliber bullet at a slow to medium velocity. It is not going to be a long range rifle by any means and I am not after bench rest groups, but rather a utilitarian light weight hunting rifle. I figure at the worst I will use it to just run cast loads through and be just as happy